Easy Way to Solve Rubiks Cube Without Memorizing Algorithms

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A way to solve Rubik's Cube 3x3 without memorization?

• Thread starter kool601
• Start date Oct 29, 2014

• #1

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I have a bad memory and I don't want to keep looking up algorithms, so is there any way to solve it without algorithms?

P.S. I'm sorry if this is a stupid question... I just can't seem to find it on Google and I also don't care about speed.

P.P.S. I usually use this to solve it because of my terrible memory: http://novakowski.net/cubesolvr/

• #2

Well, if you keep trying to memorize the algorithms you'll probably improve your memory. If you don't want to, though, the 8355 method only uses 3 algorithms.

• #3

Welcome to Speedsolving man!

Yes there is a way to solve it without algorithms!
Though mate, its called commutators, and I can tell you know if you cba with algs, then you're really gonna struggle with comms - they're a nightmare for a lot of cubers, even the fast ones.

To learn algorithms, just keep doing them again and again and again until your hands 'remember' them and you can do them without thinking (called muscle memory).
You don't have to remember them with your brain then.

Just out of curiosity, how long have you been cubing?

Last edited: Oct 29, 2014

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• #5

I have a bad memory and I don't want to keep looking up algorithms, so is there any way to solve it without algorithms?

P.S. I'm sorry if this is a stupid question... I just can't seem to find it on Google and I also don't care about speed.

P.P.S. I usually use this to solve it because of my terrible memory: http://novakowski.net/cubesolvr/

As said before, I recommend you the 8355 method, or a similar version, the Sexy method.

• #6

Come on. Commutators arent that hard really. And if you understand how they work, you dont have to remember them but you can do them completely intuitively.

Just like f2l... you can learn it with bunch of algorithms or you can understand how things work and do it intuitively. After a certain amount of practise it doesnt matter either way because your hands will just automatically do the correct moves for any case and no thinking is really needed....

• #7

Memory (at least in the context of having bad memory) has little to do with learning algs. There's really no rote memorization involved, and any instance of using your brain for it is only in the early stages of learning the alg. Here is what I do to memorize algs:

1. Look at the alg, and if it isn't broken up with brackets or parentheses, do that. Write the alg down in terms of common moves, so if R U R' U' is within the alg, put that in parentheses. An example for the Sune algorithm: (R U R') U (R U2 R').

2. Start executing the alg over and over, and notice patterns in the alg. Noticing visual, auditory, and tactile (mainly muscle memory) patterns in the alg can really speed up memorization. For example, for R U R' U R U2 R', notice that R U R' takes out a pair of a corner and edge from the front right position, U moves that pair to a different spot in the top layer, and R U2 R' puts the pair back in a different way. Doing this along with executing the alg a ton of times really helps.

3. Once you feel like you have utilized the techniques above and have sort of gotten the alg into your muscle memory, stop looking at the notation and look at the cube. Try to turn faster while doing the alg, and allow yourself to notice more patterns in how the pieces move. Once you do this, just keep on practicing and practicing the alg. It will take a while at first, but once you get more practiced at it, it gets much easier. Using this system has allowed me to learn algs in a very short amount of time.

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Just learn algs, if you want to solve a 3x3. There are on about 7 need for LBL. Just learn a alternative alg for a case if they won't stick in your mind. Avoiding algs makes things harder, unless you want to learn Heise.

• #10

I thought my memory was terrible as well. really. Then I just set my mind to it and now I know 78 Algs+a few more.

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• #12

I thought my memory was terrible as well. really. Then I just set my mind to it and now I know 78 Algs+a few more.

I very much agree with this statement. "I have bad memory" sounds to me like "I don't want to put effort into memorizing".
(I am allowing myself to be a bit rude here because everyone else has already been so kind to provide you with useful answers)

• #13

Heise doesn´t require algorithms but uses advanced blockbuilding and commutators. I think that 8355 is the best

• #14

Heise "as such" is too complicated for a beginner because of the pseudo blocks.

A simplified Heise could be considered as:
Building an F2L-1 in the traditional CFOP way or keyhole (no algs needed)
Then use the open slot to orient and permute the edges.
Solve the last 5 corners via commutators.

PS:
I use this exact same "method" to solve the Megaminx.
I do not know ANY megaminx algs nor do I know how the simple CFOP LL algs affect the megaminx last layer.
This because I am lazy and can't be bothered to study any more algs.

Last edited: Oct 30, 2014

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Well, it really depends on if you want to be able to do it fast. If you want to do it fast, then you'll have to memorize algs one way or another.

But if you don't care about competing, then for beginners you could do 8355 or Sexy method as others have suggested. For advanced cubing without algorithms, Heise method is the best.

• #16

I have a bad memory and I don't want to keep looking up algorithms, so is there any way to solve it without algorithms?

If someone came up with a method which only requires the solver to know moves to solve the first layer, requires no block building, has no blind repetition, uses no 8 move commutators (like Heise and Petrus), and doesn't require you to solve specific portions of the cube in a particular order, would that be considered solving the cube without memorization/pure intuition?

Last edited: Oct 31, 2014

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If someone came up with a method which only requires the solver to know moves to solve the first layer, requires no block building, has no blind repetition, uses no 8 move commutators (like Heise and Petrus), and doesn't require you to solve specific portions of the cube in a particular order, would that be considered solving the cube without memorization/pure intuition?

So long as there are no needed algs, no long commutators, and actually solves the cube... yeah, I guess.

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I wouldn't recommend a no alg method because it usually involves blockbuilding. To master algs, put it into your muscle memory by executing it over and over again. Learning finger tricks help too because it makes the a alg less cumbersome too do.

• #19

and alot alot of visualization skills.

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I'm sorry that I haven't read this article in awhile, but I will try the 8355 method. Thanks for the suggestions, guys! I'll also try the muscle memory thing too.

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